City taxed for private refuse loads in La Crosse dispute
City officials spune a $513 deduction after discovering Ralph Young Refuse Disposal billed the city for 38 private loads totaling 684 cubic yards during December. January charges remain under review as public works officials seek proper separation of city and private garbage and consider system-wide reform.
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la Crosse
la Crosse County
Janu
Schroeder
Young
Isle la Plume
Medary
Town of Medary
Dick Lemmen
McDonald’s
Public Works Probe Links City Refuse Billing to Private Loads
City official Schroeder uncovered that Refuse Disposal Inc billed the city for private loads after tracing a truck from the landfill in Medary. Alderman Medinger calls for a special session to review landfill operations and contract violations amid bid concerns and possible city pickup plans.
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Young
Becker
Bob D. Schroeder
Donald Medinger
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Refuse Disposal, Inc
Ralph Young
Medary
la Crosse
Medinger
Common Council
Highways, Properties and Utilities Committee
Board of Public Works
BPW
Hellen Kelly
19Th Dist
Wisconsin NSP gets $3 million interim electric rate hike
The Public Service Commission approved a $3 million interim electric rate increase for Northern States Power Co. Wisconsin customers, a 4.15 percent surcharge, with finalization pending commission member signatures. A $301,000 interim gas increase was not ordered.
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Public Service Commission
Wisconsin
Northern States Power Co
Commission
PSC
End political pressure on agencies urged by ethics board
Madison Wisconsin. The state Ethics Board was asked to adopt guidelines to prevent legislators or their staffs from applying political pressure on state agencies. Senator F James Sensenbrenner Republican Shorewood made the request amid a dispute with Assembly Speaker Edward Jack-
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Madison, Wis
State Ethics Board
F. James Sensenbrenner
Shorewood
Assembly
Edward Jack
Ethics Board
Sensenbrenner
Carter pushes tax plan as Congress weighs sacrifice call
Congress advances Carter proposals to spur jobs and cut taxes while he urges sacrifice for long term gains. Blumenthal Marshall and others testify on economic measures. Carter signs a natural gas emergency bill and pledges a broad plan by April 20.
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F. Ray Marshall
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House
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Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
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California
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Northwest
Storm sweeps Midwest with heavy snow across plains
A weakening winter storm moved into the Plains as eight inches of snow fell in New Mexico mountaintops. Snow extended into Oklahoma Texas Panhandle and eastern Texas and Louisiana with thundershowers. Travel advisories issued over north Texas north west Oklahoma while eastern New Mexico remained under a winter storm warning. Dense fog affected parts of Kansas Missouri and the Pacific Coast region remained mostly clear. Temperatures ranged from 3 degrees at Lebanon New Hampshire to 71 at Key West Florida with midwest and Great Lakes regions experiencing snow and travel alerts.
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Mulroy moves to dismiss Hammill kidnapping charges
La Crosse County District Atty Michael T. Mulroy seeks dismissal of two charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment against Jerold Hammill. He argues even if Hammill is guilty, only one more year would be needed before parole. A hearing is set for 2 p.m. Friday before Judge Kent Houck in La Crosse Circuit Court.
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la Crosse County
Jerold Hammill
Hammill
Mulroy
la Crosse
Kent Houck
Richland County
Philip G. Arneson
Houck
Arneson
Waupun
Wisconsin
John Hotchkiss Jr
Hotchkiss
Diane Merfeld
Vernon County
Goose Island
Dist
Edmund Nix
Dane County
Winnebago County
Minnesota Farmers Press DNR Bid On Abandoned Rail Land
Rural residents in Minnesota protest a DNR proposal to acquire unused railroad land amid local fears over loss of farmland and control. The note references coverage on pages 5 and 6 mentioning St James Catholic School on the North Side teaching since 1876.
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DNR
St. James Catholic School
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